Churches in Bedford-Stuyvesant

Active churches in Bedford-Stuyvesant

404A Willoughby Ave, Brooklyn
globalfirenow.com
8 sermons
1160 Bedford Ave, Brooklyn
cwcnaz.com
1 sermon
826-828 Greene Ave, Brooklyn
antiochbaptistbrooklyn.com
1 sermon
Gardner C. Taylor Boulevard (Formerly, 833 Marcy Ave Suite 1
concordcares.org
1 sermon
493-5 Monroe St, Brooklyn
gsmcny.org
1 sermon

Types of churches in Bedford-Stuyvesant

Non-denominational

Modern music, practical teaching, and a relaxed, come-as-you-are atmosphere — popular with young adults and families who want a welcoming community without strong denominational ties.

Mainline & historic

Traditional worship with beautiful sanctuaries, choral music, and liturgical services — congregations that connect faith with history and a long-standing community presence.

Students & young adults

With the University of Colorado nearby, many churches emphasize student ministry — Bible studies, worship nights, and service opportunities built for people in their college and early-career years.

Family-friendly

Strong kids’ programs, youth groups, and safe, supportive environments — with Sunday school, childcare, and age-specific ministries throughout the city.

Sermon clips from Bedford-Stuyvesant churches

60s
#PrayerNeverExpires
“``Everything in our lives one day will expire. Your milk will expire. Your food will expire. Your cars will expire. Your identification will expire. The computers and technology you use will expire. The apps that we have today will expire. Everything in this life is expendable. One day, you and I too will expire. They will speak of us in the past tense. But one thing that never expires is prayer. Hallelujah. And I wanna submit to you today that prayer is one of the few things on earth that outlives the person who prayed it.”
62s
#GloryFillsTheEarth
“I want to awaken your sanctified imagination that you are not part of something that is ordinary, but you are witnessing something or being part of something that is big, that is great, something that is grand, something that is magnanimous, and that is to be part of that force that God has so desired to be building his kingdom on earth. Abba chapter two verse 14. It says, for the earth shall be filled with the knowledge of the glory of the Lord as the water covers the sea. This is the place where God wants to bring his people, where they can experience new creation, where we can experience the glory of the Lord flowing in our lives, around us, and in our world.”
46s
#ImperfectAndUsed
“Or maybe you're not afraid of success or failure. Maybe you're afraid you are not perfect. Maybe you think that since you've sinned, god can't use you. That can't be further from the truth. Romans three twenty three reminds us for all have sinned and come short of the glory of god. Listen. God uses imperfect people all the time. Just look at Moses, the murderer. Look at Rahab, the prostitute. Look at David, the adulterer. Look at Peter, oh, Peter. And look at me. I definitely have my faults.”
53s
#FailForward
“Sometime you have to lose in order for you to gain. Some of y'all won't move until you lost something. Here it is. So I gotta lose. That means that I learned to fail, and then I learned to learn, and then I learned to try again. I learned to fail. I learned to learn, and I learned to try again. That means that the more I fail, the more I take a risk, the more I learn. The more I learn, the more I try again. That means whatever you're going through, don't just sit back, lean over to a neighbor and say, try again. It might not work this way, but somebody say, try again. You might fall down, but you do what, Hollis? Try again.”
86s
#TiredNotRebellious
“Some people are not resistant resistant to the gospel because they're rebellious. They are resistant, Sam Proctor says, because they're tired. Life has walked on them. Life over and over again has pressed them down. Life has packed the soil of their hearts until nothing can get in. And the people we are called to reach, the people that we are called to love are living in that same tired, trampled soil. Ministry begins with the understanding the ground that they've been walking on. You see the path is the place where the seed falls and it's most exposed. It's not covered. It's not protected. It's not held. It's just lying there on hard ground, probably cold, just sitting on the top because what's underneath them isn't soft enough to receive them.”
63s
#GodsRecipeNotMine
“So the owner determines the recipe. The owner determines the recipe. We spent generations asking what kind of church we want. TikTok, threads. People are always saying, I want this. I wanna see this. Why can't Christians do this? I want this. I want that. And we have created an environment of wants. Isaiah acts, what kind of house does God want? So it's not so much so what I want, but what pleases God. Years ago, our bishop Kirby Clements wrote a book called the spirit friendly church or the spirit sensitive church. We have secret sensitive. We have this time. We have that kind. But what about the spirit friendly church being open to the move of God?”
41s
#PrayerAlignsHearts
“So the people already gathered cannot become more important than the people God is still gathering. So a praying church eventually becomes a gathering church because prayer puts our heart where God's heart already is. gonna slow walk that and say that again. Prayer puts our heart where God's heart already Prayer puts our heart where God's heart already is.”
52s
#PrayerIsEssential
“let's look at this a step further as we get ready to close. We have to put prayer back in it. We have to put prayer back in it. More prayer gossip. More alter algorithm. More presence performance. More intercession impression. Prayer is not an event we add. Prayer is an ingredient we cannot remove. Again, prayer is not an event we add. Prayer is an ingredient we cannot remove.”
92s
#BeFruitfulNotTrendy
“``God is cultivating a person. In other words, thirty, sixty, a hundredfold is the Lord ministering through us and allowing us to mature, to mature. So so don't compare your harvest. Don't compare your harvest, whether it's thirty, sixty, or a hundredfold. isn't looking for identical fruit. He's looking for soil. All three are good soil. This may be one of the most important moments because 30 fold isn't failure. Watch me. 60 isn't mediocrity. A 100 isn't superiority. Jesus calls all of it fruit. So be fruitful. Multiply. Be who God's called you to be. Don't chase trends. Don't chase people. Don't chase the crowd. Don't chase the gram. Look to Jesus, the author and the finisher of your faith.”
71s
#SameSeedDifferentSoil
“So let's look at the first shock. Same sower, same seed, different soil. I'm a say it again. Same sower, seed, different soil. So you have the path, which is hardened. You have the rocky, which is shallow. You have the thorny, which is choked, and then you have the good soil. this is important because it removes blame from the word. the problem, here's a lesson, isn't the sower. The problem isn't the seed. The variable soil. You cannot blame the seed for what the soil refuses to receive.”

Why Bedford-Stuyvesant churches are unique

Tradition meets innovation: The spiritual landscape in Bedford-Stuyvesant reflects both heritage and progress, with long-established mainline churches standing alongside newer congregations that emphasize casual gatherings and contemporary worship.
A culture all its own: Many churches mirror the city’s culture of inclusivity and connection to the outdoors, offering spaces where people of all backgrounds can experience faith and community in an authentic, welcoming environment.

Recent sermons from Bedford-Stuyvesant churches

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